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Michael Olise
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“It was a proud moment for me and my family to experience that. [...] Hopefully I'll get a couple more games, I'll keep putting in the hard work and hope to get a couple more chances to show what I'm about.”
Michael Olise (born 2001) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On his professional debut, March 2019
“It feels great to finally sign. So, excited.”
Michael Olise (born 2001) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On his feelings about his first football contract, July 2019
“Just dropped to the edge of the box, I thought I might have a go. So... just shot and luckily it went in, yeah.”
Michael Olise (born 2001) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On his first professional goal, September 2020
“The No.48 shirt from my debut is one of my most prized possessions. My parents are looking after it. They know how much it means to me – and to them.”
Michael Olise (born 2001) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As a Reading player, January 2021
“It was more relief when I scored my first goal, to be honest. I played a lot of games last season, but didn’t score at all so it was nice to get that first goal this season and it was a bit of a weight off my shoulders really.”
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Recorded in: On his first goal on September 2020, January 2021
“I think a more natural part of my game is the assists, that’s how I like to play and that’s my game.”
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Recorded in: On leading EFL Championship's assist chart, January 2021
“I wanted to be somewhere I could work my way into the first team and luckily that’s happened for me here [at Reading].”
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Recorded in: On his career so far, January 2021
“It’s a big moment - Premier League football. It’s a great club and I’m very excited to be here. Good players, a good manager, so I’m ready to start.”
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Recorded in: On signing for Crystal Palace, July 2021
“I think Wilf passed me the ball. Shot. Scored.”
Michael Olise (born 2001) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On scoring a stoppage-time winner for Crystal Palace, November 2022
“I have family near Toulouse, and as a child, I used to visit them during the holidays. I watched a lot of French football, PSG, but also any matches I could find. And I loved watching videos of Zidane.”
Michael Olise (born 2001) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On playing for the France national under-23 football team, November 2022
“My mother is from France. I used to come [to France] when I was young and always had a French jersey. I've always had a connection with France. It's been my dream since I was little.”
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Recorded in: On his decision to represent France, September 2024
“I’m of the opinion that as a footballer, you have to give your answers on the pitch first and foremost. That’s where I want to show what I can do and who I am.”
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Recorded in: December 2024
“Both at the chess board and on the pitch, I’m a player who likes to attack, who attacks opponents and puts them under pressure. Unfortunately, I’m sometimes too fixated on attack in chess and forget that I also have to think about defence.”
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Recorded in: On chess and football, December 2024
“In chess it’s about planning your moves, figuring out exactly when and where each figure needs to be. Whereas on the grass, I often leave it to my instinct and do what feels right. Of course, as a team you have a plan that the coach gives you, but the individual steps are in the hands of every individual player. Sometimes it’s a moment in which you don’t think but just act instinctively that decides a match.”
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Recorded in: December 2024
“My dad always spoke English with me at home, my mum French – and I always answered both in English. I feel very comfortable with French too.”
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Recorded in: On his multicultural upbringing, December 2024
“As a child, Neymar was my favourite player. I liked his tricky style of play. You learn things from lots of players, though – that way you become complete.”
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Recorded in: On his football idol, December 2024
“If I know someone well enough, I'm quite open, free to talk about anything and everything. What would I say about myself? I'm very focused but relaxed, and I like to enjoy the things I do. In everyday life and in football. Enjoying life's little things and living in the moment.”
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Recorded in: March 2025
“I have many different connections with Nigeria, Algeria, France, and England. It's not something I think about every day; it's perfectly normal for me. I carry little things from each country within me. It has broadened my horizons because these cultures are quite different from one another. At home, I had three cultures thanks to my parents. And outside, it was England, where I grew up. I didn't have to force this mix; it was just there.”
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Recorded in: On his upbringing, 2025
“The Olympics were the best football experience of my life. It was fantastic, especially in France.”
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Recorded in: March 2025
“If I'd had a traditional path, I would have been a very different person. It's rare to have a direct path. You have to take these challenges as lessons, things to learn and refine, rather than seeing them negatively; they can only help you in the rest of your career.”
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Recorded in: Reflecting on his career, March 2025
“You’ll knock on all your friends' doors to play in the street until the end of the day. We were always hanging out outside, playing, pushing each other, challenging each other.”
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Recorded in: On playing football with his brother as children, March 2025
“I like players who play freely. I think people want entertaining football. I could maybe have been a midfielder. But a defender, never. I prefer everything related to attack.”
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Recorded in: March 2025
“I try to leave aside anything that's a matter of luck; I prefer to create my own destiny rather than think it might just fall into my lap.”
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Recorded in: March 2025
“When I played my first year as a pro, I realized that football was perhaps a little different from what I had imagined. It's quite serious, actually. I understood, I saw people... Some achieve more than you. You, you haven't done anything, you've just arrived. So I started working really hard. And never looking back.”
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Recorded in: March 2025
“It's the future that drives me.”
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Recorded in: March 2025
“Before, I always played in white shoes, then I tried them in the Cup. I liked it, so I kept going. (Laughs)”
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Recorded in: On matching his boots with his kits, March 2025
“Anything to do with sports appealed to me; I loved playing them all, and I was quite good at cricket. But I couldn't imagine being anything other than a footballer.”
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Recorded in: March 2025
“I'm not as serious as I am in football. (Laughs) I manage to completely switch off. I think if you don't, you can go crazy. Sometimes you have to find a balance; football shouldn't devour your whole life. I'm getting closer to that balance, but it's difficult... But if it's something I haven't done for a long time, if it allows me to get out of the house and have fun, I can do it...”
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Recorded in: March 2025
“I remember the first call from Didier Deschamps. I was so happy. I’d wanted this since I was a kid. Then I saw my name on the jersey… I was more excited than scared.”
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Recorded in: On being called up in the first team for France, March 2025
“Football is unpredictable, but that's what I want in five or ten years: to have won things.”
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Recorded in: On his ambitions, March 2025
“I learned from football that it's a sport of opinions, that you have to keep doing what you believe is right. And that starts first and foremost with one essential thing for me: always being authentic.”
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Recorded in: On his advise to young footballers, March 2025
“Yes, I think it can be art. But for my part, I just consider myself a creative person. I don't see myself as an artist. That said, yes, I like football to be beautiful. For the fans, for those watching on TV who want to have a good time. I think football is a magnificent sport, and therefore it should be visually beautiful too.”
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Recorded in: On football being art, June 2026
“I think I just like to take the ball and feel it before we really start playing. Yes, I like having the ball in my hands or at my feet, it's important to me. Usually, I do a few keepy-uppies to see how I feel on the pitch, a few passes against an advertising board, that sort of thing.”
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Recorded in: On warming up, June 2026
“I'd say it comes from street football. We'd play in goal when we were young, outside with my brother, kicking the ball against the wall, doing one-on-ones, all that. I'd say it comes from there, yes. It's a different kind of football, but it's definitely a way to learn. Football, in those conditions, is just freedom. It wasn't learning in the strict sense either. I simply enjoyed playing football. I loved it, plain and simple. Well, I think everyone loves it when they're young.”
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Recorded in: On his style of play, June 2026
“For now, I’d say, yes, I’m a player of the present. If I continue to work hard and stay grounded, then I hope to become a player of the future.”
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Recorded in: On being described by teammate Kylian Mbappe as "the player of today and the player of the future", June 2026
“Maybe my play style gives the impression that things slow down. But when I am on the pitch, I do not know if things are slowing down. It is muscle memory. I play mostly through instinct.”
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Recorded in: On his play style, June 2026
“It came from a conversation at the training ground at Palace. One of the coaches was talking about kaizen. Afterward, I looked into it. The idea of improving every day, little by little, until you reach a certain level. I relate to that philosophy.”
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Recorded in: On his kaizen tattoo, June 2026
“She’s very good at cards. She was the one who introduced me to chess when I was younger. And... life experience. She’s always sending me quotes and stuff. Things I might think of myself but that no one ever really speaks to me about. She reinforces some... balance. Some grounding.”
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Recorded in: On his mother Mina, June 2026
“We never talk about football to be honest. We are both in it so much. We talk about life. When you have a setback, take it as a lesson. Use it as time to grow. Someone always has something worse than what you are experiencing. There is no time to complain. Digest what happened, then move on.”
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Recorded in: On his brother Richard, June 2026
“I don't know. I shoot, it goes in or it doesn't.”
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Recorded in: On how he scores brilliant goals, September 2026